Data Architect

Job Details:

Data Architect / Data Modeller (Onshore)

Role Summary: Lead the end-to-end solution architecture for the Data Mesh platform on Snowflake — including data modeling, security design, RBAC/RLS, anonymization, and governance alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for 9 source systems and 2 MVP data products

• Define Snowflake account architecture (RAW/CURATED/GOLD layers, warehouse sizing, retention policies)

• Design RBAC hierarchy, Row-Level Security, and column masking policies (SHA-256 hashing for PHI/PII)

• Own naming standards, service user key-pair authentication, network policies, and MFA enforcement

• Review pipeline patterns and enforce Data Mesh interoperability policies

• Support ZB InfoSec reviews and HIPAA compliance sign-offs

• Guide CI/CD promotion path (Dev → Test → Prod) via Azure DevOps

Must-Have Skills:

• 12+ years in data architecture, with 3+ years on Snowflake (SnowPro Advanced certification preferred)

• Deep expertise in dimensional & data vault modeling

• Hands-on with Azure Data Factory, dbt, Azure Key Vault, Pulumi IaC

• Data Mesh principles (Domain Ownership, Data as a Product, Federated Governance)

• HIPAA / PHI / PII compliance experience (healthcare/life sciences preferred)

• Good-to-Have: Erwin/ER Studio, TOGAF certification, Horizon Data Catalog, Life Sciences domain